Come on! Agenda?!?!? What on earth would Emirates be doing giving perks to some obscure Australian journalist?
I can just see it now:
Setting:
Emirates check-in desk at Melbourne
Actors:
Journalist
Emirates check-in chick
Act I
Journalist, finally at the front of the queue for economy-class check-in approaches the desk.
Journalist: Hi, yes, just checking in, going through to London.
Check-in chick: Welcome. do you have your passport and ticket?
Journalist: Yes here they are. Say, the girls at the business and first class desks aren't looking very busy today.
Check-in chick: No it's mid-week so it's going to be pretty empty up top today.
Journalist: Oh.
Check-in chick processes Journalist's bags and fiddles with the computer.
Journalist: You know I'm a journalist, right?
Check-in chick: ...
Journalist: I write for 'The Age'.
Check-in chick: Here is your boarding pass sir.
Check-in chick hands boarding pass, passport and ticket to Journalist.
Check-in chick: You are in seat 30b which is on the lower deck. Enjoy your flight.